CDR USN(RET). Senior Program Manager at Technology
Service Corporation, located in Huntsville,
AL 35806. I started on on MISSISSIPPI as
the 1st Division Officer, supporting Bob
Caldwell, the First Lt. I then became the
Electrical/A gang Division Officer.

Currently I work for the US NRC as the Chief,
Fuel Cycle Safeguards and Security Branch.
I am a Captain in the US Navy Reserve and
the former CO of Mobile Inshore Undersea
Warfare Unit (MIUWU)205, Charleston, SC.

CEO, WorldClinic, a telecommunication medical
practice based
in Boston. My 2 yrs as Med Officer
were the
seed for my current
practice, taking care of people oceans
away.
Hope my former shipmates,
esp. Tom Tanner, Tim Bondy, and Gary
McCloud
find this and drop a line

Retired as a CDR in 2001. Presently working
for Northrop-Grumman in Suffolk, VA supporting
the Joint Center for Operational Analysis
(JCOA) within Joint Forces Command. Still
wondering who took the plaque I had on the
C/S Office door that said, "You can
accomplish more with a kind word and a gun,
than with a kind word alone. - Al Capone"
Anyone going to 'fess up??

Continued on to commission Aegis CG, USS
Normandy (CG 60) as the Combat Systems Officer;
Retired as LCDR (medical reasons) in 1994
from US Joint Forces Command billeted as
Joint Exercise Planner/M&S Planner; As
a member of Northrop Grumman Missions Systems
since 1994 have continued supporting USJFCOM
at the Joint Training Analysis & Simulation
Center (JTASC)/Joint Warfighting Center as
a JTASC plankowner/military trainer; currently
acting as Joint Simulation Support Factility
(JSSF) configuration manager. Personally
my wife Maggie has endured me for over 20
years now and my twins are both in college
at William & Mary and University of Mary
Washington. We still hang our Mississippi
ornaments at Christmas with pride and wonderful
memories.

Plankowner. Arrived for the precom unit in
early 1976 as ET1(SS/DV). Made ETC later
that year. Commissioned as an Ensigne in
early 1980. Remained on board for REFTRA
and ORSE until the middle of 1980. Retired
in 1995 as a CDR, USN. My thanks to all that
I served with and especially to Capt. Hekman
for having the confidence in me and encouraging
my decision to go LDO!

First Officer to report to MISSISSIPPI. Served
as Commanding Officer for construction and
commissioning and two years thereafter. Retired
from USN in 1991 with the rank of Vice Admiral.
Last command was Naval Sea Systems Command
1988-1991. Reside in San Diego with my wife
Doree, near our son and daughter and 5 grandsons.
Continue to work as a Consultant and remain
active in Navy affairs.

currently CDR, MC, USN. Was R-division officer,
RC Divsion officer then RCA. After
tours
as Operations Officer on USS SIMPSON
(FFG-56)
and RadCon Officer on USS YELLOWSTONE
(AD-41)
went to medical school and became a
radiologist.
Currently Medical Direcor of Radiology
at
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, retiring
in June 2008.

Now a CDR. Director of the Dept of Defense
Military Severely Injured Center, part of
OSD. The Center takes care of severely injured
Service members from OIF and OEF and their
families, too. Married & Father of a
2 year old daughter!

Served as Ordnance O, CO DivO. Left Navy
Jul,89. Retired from Post Office 2012. To
see today's technology,
makes the stuff we had back then, seem a
waste of time (too labor intensive). Hearty
well done, glad to have
met each and everyone, who are at peace with
their own service, to a Navy of high standards
and accountability.

Married to Anne Meyer McFadden for 26 years.
She is a forensic accountant with Deloitte.
Three daughters; one out of college,
two
in college. I am a partner at the law
firm
of Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington,
DC, focusing on mass tort and securities
litigation. Warmest personal regards
to everyone
associated with the Mississippi.

1987-1990: R Division, A Division, Reactor
Training Assistant, and First Lieutenant.
1996-1997: Engineering Officer. Now a CDR.
Assumed command of USS HOWARD (DDG-83) on
13 Dec 02. Homeported in San Diego. The former
ET1(SW) James is now CMDMC(SW) James and
HOWARD's CMC.

Plank owner. Commissioning Food Service Officer
and collateral duty Public Affairs Officer
for Presidential commissioning ceremony.
Produced the commissioning book. Changed
designators to Public Affairs on departure
from MISSISSIPPI. Retired in 1999. Recently
the civilan Public Affairs Officer for the
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), now civilan
PAO for the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE).